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Defence: Government Securities

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her Department's policy is on the issuing of war bonds to increase defence spending.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
29 Jun 2026
Answer
3 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her Department's policy is on the issuing of war bonds to increase defence spending.

  2. 29 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    On 30 June, the Prime Minister announced £15bn of additional defence spending for the Defence Investment Plan. More information, including a ‘Funding Explainer’, is available online: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-defence-investment-plan.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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